Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of
Ondo state, has dismissed the reports that a snake disrupted the plenary of the
state house of assembly.
Addressing reporters when he
visited the assembly this weekend, Akeredolu accused the lawmakers of
attempting to blackmail him and his government.
He asked the lawmakers the
efforts they made to maintain the complex and make it inhabitable.
“All I have come to do is to
verify what happened and I have seen is that there’s an attempt to blackmail
this government. We won’t take it,” he said.
“I made sure that the speaker and
most of the principal officers were here and I have heard from them in order to
know what exactly happened. They have told us that no snake fell here. They
were not sitting when the ceiling came down, they only met the ceiling down.
“There’s an attempt to blackmail
the government and I don’t believe that is the best approach. This
(legislature) is an arm of government; they have their votes and the ones they
are entitled to is the ones we give them. This place is termite-infested and
certainly the termites have been dwelling here for several years.
“We just spent two years and
there is no way termite infestation in less than two years can cause such
destruction. Something is wrong, this place has not been maintained. Members of
the house have always been here, what have they done about maintenance of this
place? If they have not been concerned about this place, we all have to sit
down and work things out.”
The governor, however, assured
the lawmakers that the government will start the renovation of the complex in
due course.
Bamidele Oloyelogun, speaker of
the assembly, had told reporters that a snake crept into the parliament.
“I thank God that the snake did
not bite any of my honorable colleagues yesterday,” he had told journalists.
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com